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   Rhino to danny burstein   
   Re: don't eat at the Subway darling, was   
   26 Dec 25 16:48:07   
   
   From: no_offline_contact@example.com   
      
   On 2025-12-26 2:31 p.m., danny burstein wrote:   
   > In <10imnff$2rvdp$2@dont-email.me> "Adam H. Kerman"  writes:   
   >   
   > [snip]   
   >   
   >> I try to avoid Subway. I don't care if they bake it in the restaurant --   
   >> pre-rolled dough from the freezer. It's lousy bread that tastes mass   
   >> produced.   
   >   
   > [npr]   
   >   
   > For Subway, A Ruling Not So Sweet. Irish Court Says Its Bread   
   > Isn't Bread   
   >   
   > In a decision shocking to those familiar with the $5 footlong, Ireland's   
   > Supreme Court has ruled: Subway bread isn't actually bread.   
   >   
   > At least, not legally.   
   >   
   > That's because its bread has too much sugar, the court said Tuesday.   
   > The country's Value-Added Tax Act of 1972 says tax-exempt bread can't   
   > have sugar, fat and bread improver exceed 2% of the weight of flour.   
   >   
   > In Subway's recipe, sugar makes up 10% of the weight of the flour,   
   > according to the judgment. That's five times what the law   
   > deems acceptable.   
   >       ==========   
   > rest:   
   > https://www.npr.org/2020/10/01/919189045/for-subway-a-ruling-n   
   t-so-sweet-irish-court-says-its-bread-isnt-bread   
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   >   
      
   We may just have discovered why I like their subs! I had no idea. It's   
   not like it tastes sugary in any way that I can perceive.   
      
      
   --   
   Rhino   
      
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